Spider-Man
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There is very little chance that any third party candidate will win in November, for several reasons. First, there are only a couple of months until the election, whereas we had a year to try to get Ron Paul the GOP nomination. Secondly, the national election between two candidates is much less open to grass roots power than was the GOP nominating election between a myriad of relatively poorly funded establishment contenders.
I, the undersigned, hereby pledge to henceforth be supportive and respectful of all supporters of Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, and Ralph Nader, who regardless of any extraneous events or ideological beliefs, all supported the Four Points of the Unity Conference.
This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, disrespectfully attacking the personal character, professional history, or perceived ideological shortcomings of either the candidates themselves or those who support them, at least until November is behind us.
Furthermore, I acknowledge that we are all in this fight together against the two-party duopolistic stranglehold on the American political system, and that each of the four C4L-endorsed third party candidates all appeal to distinct voting segments of the population. In other words, Baldwin, Barr, McKinney, and Nader are not competing against one another -- they are all in their own ways competing against Obama and McCain.
Nader will do well in California. Barr will do well in New Hampshire. And Chuck Baldwin will do well in Alabama. None of the third party candidates are really competing for the other third party candidates' votes, or issuing press releases about the failings of their third party opponents. Neither should we be engaging in this kind of counter-productive activity.
By replying to this thread, I generally agree to this statement of forum unity.
I, the undersigned, hereby pledge to henceforth be supportive and respectful of all supporters of Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, and Ralph Nader, who regardless of any extraneous events or ideological beliefs, all supported the Four Points of the Unity Conference.
This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, disrespectfully attacking the personal character, professional history, or perceived ideological shortcomings of either the candidates themselves or those who support them, at least until November is behind us.
Furthermore, I acknowledge that we are all in this fight together against the two-party duopolistic stranglehold on the American political system, and that each of the four C4L-endorsed third party candidates all appeal to distinct voting segments of the population. In other words, Baldwin, Barr, McKinney, and Nader are not competing against one another -- they are all in their own ways competing against Obama and McCain.
Nader will do well in California. Barr will do well in New Hampshire. And Chuck Baldwin will do well in Alabama. None of the third party candidates are really competing for the other third party candidates' votes, or issuing press releases about the failings of their third party opponents. Neither should we be engaging in this kind of counter-productive activity.
By replying to this thread, I generally agree to this statement of forum unity.
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